ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,362, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Method and system for digital staining of label-free fluorescence images using deep learning" was invented by Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles), Yair Rivenson (Los Angeles), Hongda Wang (Los Angeles) and Zhensong Wei (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deep learning-based digital staining method and system are disclosed that enables the creation of digitally/virtually-stained microscopic images from label or stain-free samples based on autofluorescence images acquired using a fluorescent microscope. The system and method have p...